Animal trap



A. C. JONES ET AL ANIMAL TRAP Filed NOV. 15, 1923 E- QJ, m I

.HTroR/veyf Patented Nov.v 117, 1925.

` UNITEDSTA ALLAN c. JONES AND JEEEMIAH oNEiL, OEONEIDA NEW' 'iroEK,lAss1GNoES, BJ iviEsNE ASSIGNMENTS, To ANIMAL TRAP COMPANY y0E A1viEE1cA,oE Lrrira.Vl

PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION 'or IEENNSYLVANIA.

' ANIMAL EtruriaVv e Apiieatioa mea November 1 3, 1923. ASemi No.6745452.

To all whom z5-may concern.' v n Y Be it known that we, ALLAN JONES andJEREMIAH' O NEiL,y citizens of the United States of America,of'Oneida,in the county of Madison, inthe State of NewYork, haveinvented new .and useful Improvements in and held by the jaws.

Animal Traps, of which the ollowing,'taken in connection with theaccompanying Vdrawings, is a full, clear, and eXactdescription.

This invention relates `to Aan animal trap in which a spring-actuatedstriker-bar 'is lhinged'to the trap-frame to swing about an axisparallel with the axesof movement yof the trap jaws from a' set positionat one .side

to a sprung position at the oppositeside of the jaws beyond andfbelowthe levelfofthe trapfra-me andA parts carrie'dthereby sov as to forciblyslam the bodyv of.` then animal againstthe ground .rather than againstany f or'trap when. caught j portion of the frame v The main obj ect isVtocaurse the strikerbar to hit the animal with suflicient freedom andforce as 'torender it insensible instantly up-y ion its-being trapped.andy at the y'saine time 'to reduce the liability i of throwing theVanimalr from the trap striker-bar. .l Y 1 Another object is to enablethe trapjjaws to be set and operated independently of the striker-barwhen desired, as for example in" trapping relatively small animals.Other objects and uses relating to in the following description. Inthedrawingsz--- Y strikerebar being indicatedbyldotted lines.

Figure 2 is an enlargeditransverse verticali sectional view taken online 2 2, Figure 1.

As Villustrated this trap comprises a main .Y supporting frameconsisting of'a lengthwise bar -1- and cross bars -2,` and '-B-f,

all of which are preferablyfmadevof sheet example, bythe engagementoftheliootofgm5 Y y metal, the bar -1- being provided with oppositefupturnedvend lugs` f1-fand a pair of intermediate -upwaifdly projecting lugs bythe action ofthe' i specific parts of the 'invention will `be broughtout j j j bar 'a spectively.

' The jaws ings in theflug's -5.- for swinging move,-4 'ment about bar1-w.V

pair of trap' jaws A jaw-Operating Spring 5s- "cbnsisting of asingleplece of Springwirehas its inter'- mediate portionbent intheformiof a loop j-`9- for engagingthe opposite edges ofiv oneend ofthe'jaws 77 the oppositefends 1 .ward displacementr` l ffiliedbyefsrigfthe" opposite sides of the- Wire between the ad.

ylotsaid. wire-spring vbeing.leent@in'theform fof coils -10- adjacentone of the lugs with the bar andl linserted in A the suitf' ableaperturesin said lug to holdthe sfpr'ingf-` in operative position'against lateral or iup-- jacent ends" of the land' thenjcoil f flOasshown more clearly Eigureil* `the opening in the. loop y beingvo.sufficient l' 80 j :the vcorresponding lugV vallow -vthe 7`jawS'+7-;to.b1e opened. 'fj/1 Suitable Vmeans vis'prrn'fided orreleasably l, Aholdingthe zjawsfin 'Set'.or..openfpositions below j'adjacent fendffpintles and? around consisting in thisy instance', offav4bait-'pan bensfpvoted at'fiftothe cross 1bnout 'oiV engagenientV withthe f lieel` :of

Figure A2.

`the'baitrpanjfjand toy'and froniaposrition across theupperfface of thecentral vp o 'rti0"n of the adjacent" jaw as Shown' in i .95 it.

the upper 'edgeof the adjacent jaw v10o `open'a'gains't the action ofthespring-S. l

\ 'On the y.other hand,V a slight I'downward pressure upon fthe bait pan-;-`1'1-.-":as for ani animal therewith, vw'illvfreleasey .the-def thatthe perftions-ci;l the jawsengaged by the spring are tlared upwardlyfrontiv their adf wise of the traine bar -V-lsome distance` beyondopposite ends `of the trap jaws ,--?-.V

jacent end pintles to a width slightly greater than that'iof the openingin the loop for assist-ing and limiting the j aw-closing moveinent ofthe spring.

The striker-bar -6- also extends lengthand has its opposite endsprovided with suitable ont-turned pintles journaled in suitable bearingsinthe end lugs of the traine bar lto enable thev striker bar to swingabout an axis' pfznrallel .with theY axes ezt i.

niovenientbf thetrap jaws .-'7-.-.

The 'intermediate port-ion ot the striker.-

bar isarched outwardly sonie distancev beyond theY path ofino-vement'ofbthe'ftrap 'portion jaws -7 and also beyond the oppositefendsjoi thecross -b'ar which istheretere, of lesstransverse .lengththan th'e` rad ius oit thearc.ofinovernent of the central y Therefore 4Awhen the striker-bar Vis sprune, it will as V'shewn by dott edl1nes inFigure 1,- swing over thejaws and. beyond thetrap'r'aine'without'.engaging the` latter'or 'any parts carried thereby. jThe length ofthe striker-bar exclusive ott its. p intles 'is*substantially equal to the distance between` the liipstandi-ng, lugs;--e- V-'oit the traine bar and' the oppnsit'e .a'rins '-6- .ot the i'striker-bar `adjacent vthe lugs 4 -are dispofsed'in. planes atsubstantiallyiight anfendsof .the arch asa-V67( are disposed `in planessubstantially parallel 'with the .axis

i glestov the axis of 'niove1nent, while the porin longitudinally spacedrelation-' the p cross-bar being ,locatedv adjacent' the'.

; oute/rlface otithelutf; Y5-'V opposite the jawoperating-.spring-S-fand extended 'laterala .direction opposite .the rdire. ';ti`on of"`extension of Athe bar `slightlybeyond allow aliinited'lateral'.movement thereof for. z

i .dista-nce, beyondy the ,adjacent pintleiof` the .Y

Vthefarc of inovenient of the adj .f Gelli?, .portion -6 of the strikerbar swing'about an axis `"parallel with that yof the jaws withsufficient clearance to a purpose presently described.

esti the detent 12"- is extended a vshort I other jaw andis .providedwith a lateraly oiset; or keeper #e164- adapted to be engaged by the.:tree end of the detent g-l-gwhen thefaws and striker-bar +6- a're setvbeen set', said limiting stop' 5" in their openv positions' at whichtime the detent 1'5- may be adjusted to a vposition across the Vupperedge ot the striker-bar -vand engaged with the underside oi'theextension -16- to holdthe striker-bar in its openposition.V

VThe striker bar -6- is actuated by a sep- 'aratecoil spring -17-extending lengthwise of and inclose proximity to the upper tace of thetraine-bar l-- at the ends ot the jaws -'-7- opposite that engaged bythe spring --'-S- and'between the adjacent lugs y and --'5-, said.spring having` vits linner end engaged in an aperture in the trainebar#ll--y and yits' outer end odset laterally l and engaged ywiththeadjacent arin .-'6 of the striker bar --ble for forciblyoperating.said.' striker bar troni a .set position at one sidev to a sprungpositicna'tthe opposite side ot the trap ,jawsHT-,whll thelatterarereleased from their'setv-positions by the tripping oithebait-pan-ll-Q A 4supportnig pin .-18-1' is extended lengthwisethrough the spring coilV +17? and .has vits ends suitably 'securedinapertures in the adjacent lugs #fland Ito assistrin holding saidspring .inoperative pojsition, oneend of .the pin being .providedwith aneye #-.19- tor rcceivinga suitable chain bywhich the trap i'naybeattachedjto any suitable anchorage not necessary toherein illustrateor describe; Thelugfady. 1 'i,centv the 'flete-nt` is provided with fano'tiset'portion .-5"-7-- .forming Yafsto'p for limiting .the movement,of the 'detente- 15%, toward the jaws andthereb'y lo assure' the.registration ofv thef Ytree' end ot the detent with the keeperj-l6 whensetting the striker .ba-r -.6- afterthe awe #-7- have j n also servingas a guide for the detent to-'keep the latter outof'engageinent wit-hthe'jawsiwhen the jaws and striker bar are released bythe .tripping ofthe det'en't.V v

" Operetten. y

In setting the trap,- the .treeiend' oft" the spring is iirstdepressedjbelow .the adjacentpntl'es of thejaws '-7'- after .which ,thejaws vare Opened. by hand ,and Yloi-Cited' njtlie'r UPQGDPQSLQDS bythe'edjstment i 'llhe outer" end ot' the kcross-bar is .bent rupwardlyV toviforin a lug to which is pivoted one `'end 'o'tf'a detent adapted to.ofthe detest-,12+ across' the'llppef Odg@ ofthe adjacent jaw and-theadjust- This' setting et the trap jaws' inay j be accomplishedindependently of the setting The pintle of one of the jaws -7- near-.

of the striker bai' which niay or may notbe used in connection with thetrap, but

when Vit; is ldesired to use the striker-,bar it' niay be swung againstthe action lotjits @perenne Spline f-:lT-f .from lts Sprung PO- si'tionat one side 0f the jaws to. a posi- Y tion at the' opposite 'side .ofsaid jawswherewill be dependent uponl the release ofthe ,end of thedetent l5-Q upon its detent l5-"may be adjusted across the upper edgethereof and engaged with the underside of the extension -l6l at oneside-*of the adjacent pintle opposite the main body of the correspondingjaw, this adjustment being permitted when the jaws -7- are set byreasonof the limitedy lateral movement of the detent l5- It is nowevident that when the jaws -7- and striker-bar -6- are set in theirVopen positions in the manner desoribed, the action of the striker-bar byits coil spring 1T-- jaws ;T and will not take plaeeuntil after closedpositions a sufficient distanceto dis# engage thevextension 16 fromthefreeV In other words, assuming that the jaws '-7- and 'striker-bar -6-have been set to their open positions and the bait pan 411-4` has beendepressed by the pressure of thevr foot of an animal suioientlytorelease the hee-l -lflffrom engagement with theu detenti -l2, then' thespring -8-` willk first Aact upon thefjaws -7-2 to foroe them to ytheirclosed positions during whichtheextension -l6- on one of the jaws 7ewill disengage from the detent l5-' thereby allowing the Vspring 1T- toswing the striker-bar -6 from its set position .at one sideof thetrap-jaws to its sprung position j. at the oppositeside of l'the jawswith the'` central portion or the arch ofthe striker bar below the planeof the frame, striking the animal with sufiioient force as to render itl insensible and to 'impingej ther body of the animal against theground. while trapped in the closed aws '-7-.

The construction shown and described is particularly simple andefficient in'aceomit is jaws JZ-' may beset and used for trapping anyway interfering'with thefstriker-ba'r and its operating and holding`means, or when setting the trap for larger animals, f the striker-barmay leasily and Vquickly be adj justed for use in striking the .animaland impinging it against the ground with-suiiieient lowing the closingof the aws upon. the leg of such animal, all of which reduces f the,liability of displacing the trapped animall l; u

j 55 .1 mutilation of the pelts as distinguished from] j l l the use ofan eXtra set'of jaws operatingfin i 4 conjunction with a pair of primaryjaws. the jaws have been moved toward their ff from the jaws and alsoprevents excessive Itf is Aevident,V however, thatV various 'outdeparting from the ,spirit yofthe lijmen.,

ytor closing the jaws, relea-sable meansffor holding the jawsopenagainstthe actionffo'f.V l the spring5 a striker-banpvotally mounted jonthe vvframe onan axis parallel to theaxes' of the jaws sojas to swing in`opposite direpc'f tionsv'fr'om a "depressedl position on one isidefjaws, a spring acting independently ofthe first named springv `for-movingt-hefstrikersueh shape and dimensions relatively to the jaws andthe yiframe as lto swing over the Ajaws and beyond and without engagingtheframe or parts carried thereby. j Y In witness whereof we havehereunto' set- 1 ALLAN Gnomes.

'to a. like positionon the other sideot` the I I u our handsthisQthdayof November,` .i I plishing the desired end Vin that the trap-JEREMIAH oNErL: .Y i'

5o force to render it insensible immediately folj. y

